[pca] veritas encapsulated root disks

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi Dima,

Am 13.06.2008 um 21:48 schrieb dima.kazhdan at ca.pwc.com:
> Wondering how one deals with patching servers that have root disks  
> encap'd with vxvm?

Basically this is the same as for unmirrored disks.

> Espesially when root disk has non-encapsulated volumes on it?

The root-disk can not have non-encapsulated volumes, because
the root-volume must always be encapsulated and therefore
does not have a public slice. The root-mirror can have
such volumes, but I don't see why this should be any different.

An explanation of a good veritas root configuration is in
   <http://www.sun.com/blueprints/0800/vxvmref.pdf>

However, as nowadays the rootdg is no longer mandatory
the need for encapsulated root has vanished.

> Would there be a procedure of splitting the mirror without losing  
> non-encapsulated volumes?

As long as the private region is intact and referenced
from both sides of the mirror you should be able to access
the volumes in both cases. But I am unsure if I understood
your scenario correctly.

Kind regards

   -- Dago

PS: Your question would be more appropriate on a veritas
group or mailing list like these:
   <http://news.entsupport.symantec.com/dnewsweb.exe? 
cmd=xover&group=veritas.volume_manager.english&utag=>
   <http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-vx>